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The American Gastroenterological Association has released new clinical guidance to help physicians and patients identify whether unexplained digestive symptoms are due to alpha-gal syndrome, a food allergy that is caused by lone star tick bites. The AGA Clinical Practice Update... Read More »

By Rosemary Brandt, University of Arizona Think about ticks and what comes to mind? Perhaps red bull’s-eyes, Lyme disease and the eastern United States. But Arizona is home to a lesser-known tick-borne disease – Rocky Mountain spotted fever. It’s the deadliest... Read More »

From the makers of the Lyme documentary The Quiet Epidemic: The Quiet Epidemic is returning to San Francisco for a screening at the Roxie Theater. Please join us on Sunday, March 26th at 1:00 PM to learn more about tick-borne illness and be a part of the change. This screening is... Read More »

The Bay Area Lyme Foundation has awarded more than $1 million to the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) for the development of a Lyme Clinical Trials Center. This new center will become the first West Coast site of the Lyme Clinical Trials Network. The Network aims to... Read More »

Investigative reporter Mary Beth Pfeiffer posted the following on her Facebook page on March 3. On Aug. 5, 2013, Joseph Elone, 17, died of Lyme carditis, soon after spending two weeks at a summer camp in Rhode Island. Lyme tests were negative; no rash was found, and he was not... Read More »

Ricky Wysocki, currently the number-one professional disc golf player in the world, was bitten by a tick and diagnosed with Lyme disease in 2019. This landed him bedridden for months. After journeying back to recovery, Wysocki has partnered with Insect Shield to spread awareness... Read More »

The federal Tick-Borne Disease Working Group has submitted its third and final Report to Congress. The document is now available to the public on the Health and Human Services website. Click here to download your own copy.             Read More »

From the County of Santa Clara Vector Control District, via Facebook: Pacific Coast Tick Fever (PCTF) is a newly emerging tick-borne disease in Northern California, transmitted by the Pacific Coast tick (Dermacentor occidentalis). Symptoms of PCTF include fever, headache, and an... Read More »

The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s phase 3 clinical trial for a Lyme disease vaccine has hit a snag. Pfizer and vaccine partner Valneva said in a joint statement that they will stop testing the vaccine in about half of the US participants due to “violations of Good Clinical... Read More »